John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 34:15
But in this will we consent unto you ,.... Upon the following condition, that Dinah should be given in marriage: if ye will be as we be , that every male of you be circumcised ; as the sons of Jacob were, according to the command given to Abraham their great grandfather, Genesis 17:10 . read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 34:6-17
Jacob's sons, when they heard of the injury done to Dinah, showed a very great resentment of it, influenced perhaps rather by jealousy for the honour of their family than by a sense of virtue. Many are concerned at the shamefulness of sin that never lay to heart the sinfulness of it. It is here called folly in Israel (Gen. 34:7), according to the language of after-times; for Israel was not yet a people, but a family only. Note, 1. Uncleanness is folly; for it sacrifices the favour of God,... read more